4th February

The events happened on 4th February are :

1945 : Yalta Conference opened : On this day in 1945, during the final stages of World War II, the Yalta Conference opened with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meeting to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.

2003 : Yugoslavia officially changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.

1974 : Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

1948 : Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from Great Britain.

1932 : The United States hosted its first Winter Olympic Games, in Lake Placid, New York.